Kia ora ,
Close to 100 amazing entries from businesses across our region were received for the 2Degrees Wellington Regional Business Excellence Awards. Our independent judges have been busy doing their thing so we can identify the finalists in the 9 categories.
I have seen the list of entries and there are many brilliant businesses among them. I am so looking forward to hearing who the finalist will be.
The winners will be announced at the Gala Dinner Awards ceremony on 18th November at the Lower Hutt Events Centre. This will be a fantastic event to celebrate regional business success and be inspired by what our business community does every day.
Come and join the celebration. Bring yourself, your team, and your customers, to celebrate business success.
And……
There's still time to complete the Business Confidence Survey. Tell us how you are doing. . Please help us by completing this survey below.
Thanks to Red Hot Business Consulting for sponsoring this survey.
In this edition of the Hutt Valley Business Weekly:
- Chamber Updates
Time Flies When You're Having Fun: Supporting Our Hutt Valley Rangatahi Into Employment
Only 5 Weeks To Go Until The 2degrees Wellington Regional Business Excellence Awards 2022
Upskilling and Training Administration Staff
Help Us Do Our Best Work - Please Fill Out Out This Business Confidence Survey
- Local & Regional News
'Real Fresh' Hutt Valley Photo Competition
Welly Loves WOW Spend & Win
Regional Food Waste Survey
- Upcoming Events & Training Workshops
- THU 13 OCT: BNZ Tech Series 2022: Today's Technology For Tomorrow's World
- WED 19 OCT: Synthesis Marketing: How To Turn Customer Insights Into Sales and Profit
- WED 19 OCT: Women In Business - Inspiring Stories From Exceptional Leaders
- THU 27 OCT: 2degrees Wellington Regional Business Excellence Awards Finalists Function
- Member Offers
- From Brewtown and Cutlers Entertainment
CHAMBER UPDATES
Time Flies When You're Having Fun: Supporting Our Hutt Valley Rangatahi Into Employment
(Left) George, Wasabi Air Apprentice & (Right) Amanda Walters, Education to Employment Consultant
For just over two years the Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce has been supporting our region's employers to connect to our local secondary schools as part of work to support rangatahi to discover, explore, connect to, and experience the world of work. Employers have been able to support schools and rangatahi in their community whilst discovering what amazing future staff the rangatahi can be. We have helped lots of employers to find some future talent.
Last week, our Education to Employment Consultant, Amanda Walters, was delighted to catch up with one of the first rangatahi that she placed into employment. George, a year 13 student at the time, had tentative plans to become a PE teacher. He was motivated by a conversation with Excel Refrigeration, to find out more about the refrigeration and air conditioning industry. Amanda worked with George, providing interview preparation, helping him research the industry, and introducing him to a local employer who had an apprenticeship opportunity.
Fast forward two years, and George is having great success in this industry, working throughout the region with Wasabi Air and currently completing the second year of his apprenticeship. He loves his work and is looking forward to qualifying in the future.
Amanda commented that “Having the opportunity to see how successful rangatahi have become in their employment journey is one of the best parts of my role and another reason why I love my job! To see how much they have grown in confidence and how proud they are of the new skills that they have learnt is incredibly rewarding”.
Only 5 Weeks To Go Until The 2degrees Wellington Regional Business Excellence Awards 2022
With 5 weeks to go, are you and your team planning to join us? There are several reasons to attend our Awards Gala Dinner. Here are some of them:
- Acknowledge and show appreciation for your team's efforts over the past year
- Celebrate Hutt Valley & Wellington Regional businesses contributing to our jobs, economy and communities
- Attend the awards that have been dedicated to showcasing business excellence for over 15 years
- Enjoy a 3-course gourmet meal
- Beverages throughout the night
- Live performance/ entertainment
- Create memories while professional photographers capture the event
- Be part of the return of the Wellington Regional Business Excellence Awards after a 2 year COVID hiatus
You can book your tickets here.
- Awards Gala Dinner: Click here to book your ticket to the Gala Dinner on Friday, November 18th.
- Finalists Function: Click here to book your ticket to the Finalists Function on Thursday, October 27th.
- Awards Info: For more information about the awards head to the official awards page on our website.
Are You Looking To Upskill and Train Administration Staff?
If you have an existing administrator that you are looking to upskill, or looking to take on a new administrator that would benefit from some training the New Zealand Certificate in Business (Administration and Technology) Level 3 and Level 4 might be just the thing.
WelTec & Whitireia can work proactively with you to
- Support students start their work journey with you when they have already started their training
- Support more experienced administrators looking for further training and extension of their roles.
WelTec can help provide flexible training around the employees work, giving you the opportunity to help your existing or new staff develop their skills and capabilities.
WelTec can solve your administration needs and take care of staff training.
Contact Sally Dowdall – sally.dowdall@whitireia.ac.nz
Help Us Do Our Best Work - Please Fill Out This Business Confidence Survey
Understanding how the business community is feeling is an important part of our everyday work. Whenever we're talking to businesses we are keen to hear about their work, their challenges and how we can support them more.
Your feedback supports us to do the best job we can for the business community across the Hutt Valley. Please help us to achieve this by completing the survey below.
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Thanks to Business Coaches and Chamber Partners - Red Hot Business Consulting for sponsoring this survey.
LOCAL & REGIONAL NEWS
'Real Fresh' Hutt Valley Photo Competition
Calling all talented or keen photographers. The Real Fresh Hutt Valley photo competition is now open - with a massive $3000 in cash prizes to be won across five categories.
Anyone and all ages can enter - from smartphone warriors to creative photographers. We’re looking for photos of life in the Hutt, hidden gems, our great outdoors, things made in the Hutt and people in action.
Enter as many photos as you wish until 30 November 2022 - plenty of time to perfect your craft or travel into our wonderful Hutt Valley if you live outside of Wellington!
When you enter five or more images you may qualify for a free one-year Excio membership. Found out more and enter online https://community.excio.io/huttvalley
Soulful Journey: Photographer Talk and Exhibition by Parmeet Sahni
Photo competition sponsors, Excio, will also be hosting a photographer talk featuring Parmeet Sahni of Soulful Memories on her intrepid photography journey through the beautiful streets of India.
When: Monday, October 17th 2022
Time: 5pm - 7pm
Location: Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce, Level 3, 15 Daly St
Price: Free
Welly Loves WOW Spend & Win
Upper Hutt City Council is proudly supporting Upper Hutt retailers who are participating in the Welly Loves WOW Spend & Win campaign by offering a bonus $500 prize to spend at a store of your choice. Simply sign up to receive occasional emails about Upper Hutt retail and events, and you’re in the draw. The campaign runs until October 16th.
View the shopping map here to see all 13 Upper Hutt retailers involved. Click here for more information on the campaign and to enter the draw.
Regional Food Waste Survey
It is expected that in the coming years the management of organic waste will become mandated in New Zealand.
The Hutt City Council is interested to hear from businesses to help explore options in regard to organic waste management. They would like your help to get a better understanding of:
- What kind of organic waste is being created/processed/collected
- How organic waste is currently managed by your business
Please complete the survey here. It should take 5-10 minutes.
UPCOMING EVENTS & TRAINING
This Weeks Events & Training Workshops
Event Title: BNZ Tech Series 2022: Today's Technology For Tomorrow's World
When: Thursday 13 October
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Where: BNZ Partners Centre, 45 Knights Rd, Lower Hutt
Within the Hutt Valley and the wider Wellington region, we have many incredible businesses using and creating the latest technologies. We have brought together some of these businesses and invite you to the last of our Technology and Innovation Series events for the year.
4 featured businesses will explain how their technology works, what challenges they’ve had to overcome, where they are at in their journey and what they hope to achieve.
Featured Speakers:
- James Howard, Project Manager, The Tranzit Group
- Dr. Eldon Tate, Founder & CEO, Inhibit Coatings
- Darryl Rochester, Managing Director, Black Diamond Technologies
- Alex Stewart, Founder & CEO, WombatNET
There will be plenty of opportunities for you to ask questions. Refreshments will be provided.
Next Weeks Events & Training Workshops
Event Title: Women In Business - Inspiring Stories From Exceptional Leaders
When: Wednesday 19 October
Time: 9:00am - 11:00am
Where: The Dowse Art Museum, 45 Laings Road, Lower Hutt
There are many views on what makes a great leader, what is often more fascinating, and inspiring is to hear how people became a leader and what they learnt along the way.
Prepare to be inspired by some exceptional business leaders from our community.
Featuring our special guests:
- Ana Lyubich, Founder, Excio (Online Image Library and Photo Community)
- Jo Jensen, Founder, Strictly Savvy (Leading NZ Virtual Assistance Business)
- Paula Clarke, Founder, Go Architecture (Architectural Designers – Residential and Commercial)
- Vikki Lust, Founder, Belle La Vie (Boutique Homeware, Accessories and Giftware Store)
Workshop Title: How To Turn Customer Insights Into Sales & Profit - Synthesis Marketing
When: Wednesday 19 October
Time: 5:15pm - 7:15pm
Where: The Settlement, Brewtown, Upper Hutt
Silver Partner - Synthesis Marketing, is delivering a workshop on the value of knowing what your customers are thinking. Otherwise known as “customer insights”, when acted upon, these insights can be used to create better decisions and more powerful marketing.
Find out about the ways you can capture insights from your customers and turn these into tangible results.
At this workshop you'll cover:
- The business value of customer insights
- Proven tools and techniques to uncover customer insights
- Sure-fire ways to translate customer insights into tangible results
- Top 5 tips for keeping customer insights front and centre in your business
Later This Month:
2degrees Wellington Regional Business Excellence Awards Finalists Function
Event Title: 2degrees Wellington Regional Business Excellence Awards 2022 - Finalists Function
When: Tuesday 27 October
Time: 7:00 pm - Midnight
Where: Upper Hutt Cosmopolitan Club, 11 Logan St, Upper Hutt
Price: Free
Join us to find out who has made the finals of the awards.
Mix & mingle with other businesses, sponsors and supporters of the 2022 Wellington Regional Business Excellence Awards.
Our Finalists Function is proudly sponsored by Waihanga Ara Rau (Construction & Infrastructure) Workforce Development Council who represents industries including Construction, Concrete, Plumbing, Infrastructure, Water, Gas, Electricity, Telecommunication, and Roading.
MEMBER OFFERS
Have you sorted the work Xmas function yet? Brewtown has the best news!
The Deal:
A midweek special at just $50 pp + gst. Christmas ’22 is going to be massive in New Zealand’s multi-award-winning craft beer & events destination, so score office bragging rights and book one of our brand-new function packages for you and your workforce.
Expect awesome BBQ and Buffet feeds from our mates at Boneface alongside the freshest craft beers from our resident breweries.
The pool & table tennis tables, lawn bowls, giant Jenga, volleyball, backyard cricket, cornhole, and the infamous office tug-o-war will all be out for hours of fun.
Enjoy live DJ entertainment as you kick back and relax, the Brewtown Crew will have our super comfy hay bales, picnic benches and bean bags set up exactly where you want them.
These packages will sell out fast.
How To Redeem:
Email the team now on info@brewtown.co.nz for more information.
2 For 1 at Cutlers Entertainment - 180 High Street, Lower Hutt
The Deal: Both shows below for $30
Silver Beatlez - The Beatles Tribute Show | This Saturday, October 15
Free Falling - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Tribute Show | Saturday, October 22
How To Redeem:
Buy Your 2 for 1 Tickets from here by selecting 'The Silver Beatlez and Free Falling Tom Petty' ticket option.
Can't make it to both but don’t want to miss out? Tickets for each show can be bought separately, just follow these links.
Terms & Conditions:
- Offer only available for a limited time.
- Tickets are non-refundable and cannot be exchanged for cash.
- Limit of 6 double tickets per customer.
- R18
Want More Member Offers?
To see a list of all our member's offers visit our Members Marketplace on our website to see a variety of deals we have from our members for both members only and anyone.
EMPLOYMENT
Do You Have A Role That You'd Like To Get Filled?
If you have a job suitable for a student get in touch with our Education to Employment Coordinator Amanda Walters at amanda@hvchamber.org.nz or call 049399821.
To view our vacancies, click here.
Thank you to all our Partners
As always, special thanks to all our Members and Partners for your ongoing support.
